Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-03-10
CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY, Feb %.
Deposit.

SeYGte-The house labor arbitration
bill passed without amendment. The
house bill to prevent the employment of
convict or alien labor OLE the public
buildings or public works in the prepare
ton of material for public buildings Or
public works, passed. Upon motion of
Mr.. Miller the pleuro- pneumonia bill was
| taken up. The motion to reconsider the
vote on Sen. Edmunds substitute adopted
last week was carried. The question
then recurring on Sen. Edmunds' substi-
tute, it was rejected yeas 81, nays 20. Ser
Van Wyck renewed his amendment ex-
tending the application of the bill to the
| swine plague and cholera and other con-
tagious diseases among swine. 1t was
adopted. The bill was then passed-yeas,
%; nays, 10. After twenty minutes secret
session the senate adjourned.
House.-The house in committee of the
whole considered the Legislative appropri-
alton bill. The bill having been read by
paragraphs for amendment, Mr.. Blanch-
ard, of Louisiana, raised point of order
against the words, Sin full compensa-
tion," in the appropriation clause. The
chair submitted the point Of order to the
decision of the committee. The COM
mittee decided, 165 to "a, that the point
en- from the bill. The house in the even
ing session considered the resolutions ex-
pressive of regret at the demise of Rep
resentative Cole, of Maryland, and hon
oring his memory. Eulogistic addresses
were delivered, and the resolutions were
then adopted. The house went into COM
mittee of the whole on the legislative ap-
preparation bill. At ITO a. M, without
having concluded the consideration of
half of the bills, the committee rose and
took a recess until ten o'clock to-mor-
row.
TUESDAY, March 1.
Senate.-The presiding officer submitted
the message from the president vetoing
the senate bill for a public building at La
Fayette, Ind. The message was referred
to the committee on public buildings
and grounds. The naval appropriation
bill was read a second time aud referred
to committeeon appropriations. Fifty
seven pension bills were then
passed in twenty-five minutes. On mo-
ton of Sen. Platt, the house bill to annex
d portion of Idaho to Washington terri
tory, was taken from the calandar and
passed with amendments. A conference
was asked on the amendments. The res
late Messrs. Arnot, Beade and Dowdney,
representatives from the state of New
York, were presented by Sen. Miller, who
addressed the senate in the eulogy of the
deceased. Sen. Blackburn also eulogized
Arnot. Like resolutions referring to the
death of the late Mr.. Price, of Wisconsin,
were presented by Sen. Spooner, who ad
dressed the senate. The resolutions were
So1oroIlr o5nnted and than tho IA aft
11:40 p. M, adjourned.
House.-The bill making an appropria-
ton for the payment of Mexican pen
sions was passed. 1t appropriates 3d.
100000 for the remainder of the fiscal
year, and S4,60O,OOO for the next fiscal
year. Mr.. Payson, of Illinois, submitted
the conference report on the bill restrict
ing TO American citizens the ownership
in territories of real estate, and it was
agreed to. In the evening session large
lumber of bills were passed authorizing
the construction of bridges, among them
the following: Across the Missouri river
at Kansas City and at Omaha, across the
Mississippi river at Keokuk. Adjourned.
. WEDNESDAY, March 2.
Senate-The day and evening was taken
up in discussing the naval appro priation
bill. Many amendments were proposed,
some of which were adopted and
some rejected. One important
amendment which was adopted
strikes out the house provision
for two swift double-bottom steel cruis-
ers and four gunboats, all to cost, exclus-
i've of armament, not over S6,OO0,O3O, and
inserts in lieu thereof the section provid-
ing for the construction by contract, of